This week I choose to write about how tapping has helped me over the years to regulate my nervous system when I’m on a flight. I often hear from other practitioners how tapping has helped them and their clients overcome fear of flying.
Personally, I experience intense fear when there is turbulence on the flight. Thanks to this simple and profound tool called tapping, I begin to tap right away sending a calming signal to the amygdala, soothing my nervous system, eventually experiencing a sense of calm and relief.
Tapping can seem like a mechanical activity, but it is very engaging in those moments when your nervous system is going through flight or fight mode. If you are someone like me, I encourage you to use tapping by acknowledging your fears.
I travelled to India for a couple of weeks in June. Needless to say, I tapped several times during the flight to regulate myself during turbulence. I began with voicing my fear, followed by feeling unsafe, giving myself permission to relax, staying calm and confident and moving on to expressing gratitude for a safe landing at my destination.
Apart from tapping on my own fears, I also did surrogate tapping every time I heard an infant cry during take off and landing, a toddler crying out loud in the middle of a tantrum while waiting in long lines at the airport and a few other places. It was very interesting to notice these infants and toddlers calm down within a few minutes of tapping.
As I began tapping, I said the following in my mind:” It’s okay! I know that you are upset and in pain or some discomfort. But, just know that you are always loved, understood, and protected by your parents, and you are safe right now. They are here to help you. You are going to feel better very soon”.
All I did was repeated these statements a few times and tapped on the side of my hand. At first, I was surprised and thought that it may be a coincidence, but when I noticed the same outcome for the sixth time, I knew for sure that something was really working to help ease the situation.
Everything is energy and we are all connected in this one big web of entangled energy. Every time we heal ourselves, we heal the world around us.
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Wishing you peace and happiness!
Until next time, keep tapping!
Meenakshi.